Looking over the cliff-edge on the Geech to Chenek… Flowers on the Geech to Chenek trek in the Simien… Flowers on the Geech to Chenek trek in the Simien… Looking over the cliff-edge on the Geech to Chenek… Helichrysum flowers seen on the Geech to Chenek tr… Red-hot Poker flowers (Kniphofia foliosa) - Simien… View from the edge - Geech to Chenek trek in the… The Geech to Chenek trek in the Simien Mountains Giant Lobelia landscape - Geech to Chenek trek in… Huge spider on Lake Tana island Euphorbia near church in Gheralta area Church interior in the Gheralta area of Tigray View from the escarpment in the Gheralta area of T… Flowers - Descending to Idega Abri from Shambrety Sunset from Shimbrety Flowers on the Shimbrety trek Erar to Shimbrety trek Erar to Shimbrety trek Erar to Shimbrety trek - climbing the escarpment Erar to Shimbrety trek- farms Erar Community Guesthouse - Tigray Gelada - seen from near the Erar Community Guestho… Waro Mikael Chenek area - Simien Mountains Giant Lobelia near Chenek, Simien Mountains Chenek area - Simien Mountains Chenek area - Simien Mountains Geech area - Simien Mountains Niger Seed (Guizotia abyssinica) - Geech area - Si… Delphinium dasycaulon - near Geech in the Simien M… Church interior - Lake Tana Church interior - Lake Tana Ferryboats to see the Blue Nile Falls Blue Nile Falls A relative of Clover - Trifolium acaule Teff - the mainstay crop of Ethiopia Children we met on the Boya Mikael to Waro Mikael… Amazing grass flowers - Boya Mikael to Waro Mikael… Sage flowers - Boya Mikael to Waro Mikael trek Trekking in the Waro Mikael area Donkeyman and donkeys - Waro Mikael to Aina Amba t… Stone-hewn church in Lalibela Stone-hewn church in Lalibela Stone church in Lalibela Mummified feet (of a saint??) in a stone church in… Stelae in Axum The Queen of Sheba's Palace ruins near Axum Street scene from the Yared Zema Hotel in Axum Countryside between Axum and Rahya Countryside between Axum and Rahya Flowers in the Erar area Escarpment - Erar Community Guesthouse Aloe - near the Erar Community Guesthouse Skipper butterfly - near the Erar Community Guesth… Family near the Erar Community Guesthouse Aloe - and the Erar Community Guesthouse Hay rick - near the Erar Community Guesthouse Hay rick - near the Erar Community Guesthouse Aloe flowers - near the Erar Community Guesthouse Aloe flowers - near the Erar Community Guesthouse Weevil - found near the Guesthouse Moth near Erar Community Guesthouse Trek to Erar Community Guesthouse - donkeymen and… Rahya to Erar trek - Belinda, donkeymen and donkey… Rahya to Erar trek - Belinda, donkeymen and donkey… Village scene between Axum and Rahya Hay ricks, near Axum Women transporting hay, between Axum and Rahya Axum - view from the Yared Zema Hotel Axum - view from the Yared Zema Hotel Standing stones adjacent to the Queen of Sheba's P… Farming scene on the outskirts of Axum near the Pa… Church of Our Lady of St. Mary of Zion in Axum Detail of stonework in tomb in Axum Unfinished stela in Axum Axum stela Axum stela Fallen stela in Axum Stone-hewn church in Lalibela Stone-hewn church in Lalibela Stone-hewn church in Lalibela Stone-hewn church in Lalibela Church interior in Lalibela Church detail in Lalibela Unloading the mules and loading the Land Rover at… Passing through rich farmland on the Waro Mikael t… Being greeted by a family in their house near Aina… Farm huts on the near Aina Amba Coffee-making ceremony on the Boya Mikael to Waro… Young shepherd in the Waro Mikael area Flowers - Boya Mikael to Waro Mikael trek Leaf-beetle (Chrysomelidae) - Boya Mikael to Waro… Aloes - Boya Mikael to Waro Mikael trek Boya Mikael to Waro Mikael trek Wild Sage species - Boya Mikael to Waro Mikael tre… Fields - Hamusit to Dufti Mariam trek